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    The surname Kimberling

    A surname, carried by 1,336 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K516

    Kimberling: #20,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kimberling #20,029, 1,336 people Kimberling: #20,029 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kimberling #20,029, 1,336 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kimberling is more common than 87.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,336 people named Kimberling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 231,097 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,297.

    #20,029
    rank among US surnames
    1,336
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3%
    change since 2000 (was #19,328)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #20,029Mangini1,336231,097
    #20,037Hirschfeld1,335231,270

    Who is named Kimberling

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    94% of people named Kimberling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
    • Two or more races 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kimberling

    Kimberling has the Soundex code K516, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K516.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kimberling?
    1,336 people in the United States had the surname Kimberling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 231,097 Americans. It ranked 20,029th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kimberling?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kimberling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kimberling getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,336 in 2010, up 3.0%.